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Monica Snyder

About Monica Snyder

Monica Snyder is the Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life. She has been working with SPL since its founding in 2009. Monica has a BS in Chemical Biology and MS in Forensic Science and takes a particular interest in biological facts and peer-reviewed research related to the abortion debate.

Entries by Monica Snyder

LIVESTREAM: personal stories & policy gaps around miscarriage

July 23, 2025 in Administrative, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[Reprinted from our email newsletter.] Hi All, Last week I emailed you about SPL’s proposed policy for hospitals to better support parents experiencing miscarriage. The same news stories that inspired us to create that policy moved me to reach out to my friend Leah Sargeant to talk about our own miscarriages—and the support we wish we’d had. […]

Are abortion pills harming the environment?

July 18, 2025 in Abortion pills, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Note: In this post I talk a lot about miscarriage and what happens to miscarried remains. If your history or heart aren’t up for that, you may want to skip this one. Background In March 2025 a bill to require abortion pill providers to provide catch kits and medical waste bags to patients failed in […]

“You either support reproductive autonomy or you don’t.”

July 16, 2025 in Bodily Rights, Dialogue strategy, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “‘You either support reproductive autonomy or you don’t’” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.) I have to say it has been so disappointing to see some of the responses to […]

3 things you need to motivate people

July 11, 2025 in Dialogue strategy, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “3 things you need to motivate people” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on TikTok.) There are three elements you need to motivate someone to take an action. Let’s say we’re talking about getting […]

Is belief in God necessary for the pro-life cause to succeed?

July 9, 2025 in Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

A few months ago, the Human Life Review invited SPL to submit an essay responding to this prompt (emphasis added): In the decades between Roe v. Wade and Dobbs, most prolifers believed that Americans were more or less opposed to legalized abortion on demand because a) this was the case in 1973; b) it was […]

5 messages men get about abortion

July 4, 2025 in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

On July 1, Greg Mayo (author of Almost Daddy) and I livestreamed our conversation about men’s roles in reproductive choices. If you missed it live, you can still listen to the full conversation here: Missed the livestream? Get the replay! One of our areas of focus was cultural messaging regarding men and abortion. In my […]

Kat Cammack and Florida’s abortion law

June 25, 2025 in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

A June 2025 article by Katy Ferek in the Wall Street Journal, “Republican’s Life-Threatening Pregnancy Collided With Florida’s Abortion Politics,” looks at an instance that occurred in May 2024 when Rep. Kat Cammack experienced an ectopic pregnancy and dealt with a medical team hesitant about how to proceed. The Wall Street journal framed Cammack’s story […]

Charging women with felonies for burying miscarried children?

June 6, 2025 in Legislation, laws, & court cases, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “Charging women with felonies for burying miscarried children?” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.) I want to talk for a second about this article: Prosecutor Warns of Potential Charges Against […]

“Aborting healthy babies does not happen”

May 28, 2025 in Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “‘Aborting healthy babies does not happen‘” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video also available on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.) I believe she is defining late term abortion as the killing of healthy third-trimester babies. […]

THURSDAY: Adriana Smith and pregnancy after brain death

May 21, 2025 in Administrative, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Missed the livestream? Get the replay! Hi all, Herb Geraghty (SPL’s Chief Communications Officer) and I are having an important discussion live this Thursday, May 22. If you’re tired of hot takes, join us for something deeper and more balanced. Last week multiple SPL followers messaged us asking for clarification on the story of Adriana Smith, […]

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